What Slavery in the U.S. Looks Like Over 150 Years After Being Abolished
On this day in 1865, Congress passed the Thirteenth Amendment, legally abolishing slavery in the United States. This amendment came two years after President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which sought to free slaves in the South pending a Union victory, and was part of the efforts to abolish slavery permanently. “Neither slavery nor involuntary […]